Mediterranean Update
Missing Migrants Project: 6 October 2015
564,031 arrivals by sea in 2015
2,988 dead/missing in 2015
ITALY
SPAIN
as of 14:00 CEST
Arrivals
133,451
GREECE
Arrivals
3,007
Arrivals
427,473
DEATHS
*25
DEATHS
260
MALTA
DEATHS
2,703
* includes deaths en route to Canary Islands
Arrivals
Deaths
Arrivals
100
Land migration routes
Maritime migration routes
*Arrival figures refer to irregular maritime arrivals only
MIGRANT FATALITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
3,139
2,988
1,243
346
12 77
24
Jan
Feb
864
329
616
318
50
March
April
813
239103
130
95
10 69
678
101
10
May
June
July
August
Sept
* Oct
Destination
Italy
133,451
Greece
427,473
Spain
3,007
Malta
100
564,031
Estimates based on data from respective
governments and IOM field offices as of
6/10/15. Data for Greece as of 5/10/15.
Eritrea
Origin Country
Italy
*Running total to 6 October
TOP FIVE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN 2015
MIGRANT MARITIME ARRIVALS 2015
Total Arrivals: (to date) 564,031
Total
2015
2014
30,708
Greece
Syria
175,375
Nigeria 15,113
Afghanistan
50,177
Somalia
8,790
Pakistan
11,289
Sudan
7,126
Albania
10,985
Syria
6,710
Iraq
9,059
Data for Italy and Greece as of 31/8/15. Data for Greece includes
land and sea arrivals. Italy and Greece receive 99% of arrivals in the
Mediterranean. Nationalities listed represents 89% of all sea arrivals as
31/8/15 This chart is updated monthly.
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GLOBAL OVERVIEW: 4,094 MIGRANT DEATHS TO DATE IN 2015 (est.)
122
Deaths
2,988
NORTH
AMERICA
EUROPE
Deaths
Mediterranean
US/Mexico
Border
Caribbean
Deaths
179
West
Mediterranean
Route
Central
America
Deaths
19
Sahara
Deaths
Deaths
46
48
SOUTH
AMERICA
15
ASIA
Central
460
Mediterranean
Deaths
Route
AFRICA Deaths
Horn of
Africa
Bay of
Bengal
Deaths
East
Asia
99
Deaths
South-East
Asia
86
Deaths
30
SOUTH
AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
Deaths
2
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Deaths during migration around the world
KEY DATA ON MIGRANT
FATALITIES
SUPPORTING FAMILIES
OF MISSING MIGRANTS
GLOBAL INFORMATION
HUB ON MIGRATION
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sharing key data on deceased
and missing migrants around
the world. The aim is to
strengthen advocacy and support a more informed policy
response.
Missing Migrants Project empowers families of the missing by providing information
and guidance, including on
identification of the missing
and dead, with the aim of affirming the rights and dignity
of migrants and their families.
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the crisis by sharing key information on migrants dying
along migratory routes
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from migrants and families of
the missing.
Deaths between 1 January to 6 October 2015
Regions
Mediterranean
Bay of Bengal
US/Mexico Border
Europeb
South–East Asia
Horn of Africa
Sahara
Caribbean
Southeast Africa
Central America
East Asia
Southern Africa
Deaths a
2,988
460
179
122
99
86
48
46
30
19
15
2
TOTAL
Legend:
(a) Figures on deaths are all estimates and refer only to those deaths that are documented.
Documented instances potentially depict only a small share of the actual number. Thus, this
map represents a base minimum.
(b) Includes deaths in Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Western Europe.
* Data compiled by IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) and Media and Communications Division (MCD). All numbers are estimates based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices as of 6/10/15.
4,095
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